Mission

The Texas Brain and Spine Institute is a Center of Excellence in the clinical and academic neurosciences. The Institute is a multidisciplinary collaboration between clinicians, scientists, and supporting institutions with the purpose of furthering superior clinical and academic missions as follows:

Clinical

• Maintain a standard of excellence for neurologic and neurosurgical care.
• Provide the full scope of subspecialty neurologic and neurosurgical services to the population of Central Texas.
• Provide access to primary and tertiary clinical neuroscience services to patients from regional, state, and national referral sources.
• Enhance stature and reputation for excellence of supporting institutions and specialties.

Research

• Increase and maintain active basic and clinical research programs in neuroscience.
• Enhance extramural research funding.
• Collaborate with basic scientists across multiple disciplines at TAMHSC for translational research on the nervous system.

Teaching 

• Provide didactic teaching for medical students in the clinical neurosciences.
• Provide clinical rotations for medical students and residents in neurosciences.
• Develop allied health postgraduate training in clinical neurosciences.